Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Politicians may rail against the ‘deep state,’ but research shows federal workers are effective and committed, not subversive

Often, what they're referring to is what we, as scholars of the inner workings of democracy, call "the administrative state." At times, these critics use a label of collective distrust and disapproval for government workers that sounds more sinister: "the deep state."… 

Most of them are devoted civil servants. Across hundreds of interviews and surveys of people who have made their careers in government, what stands out most to us is their commitment to civic duty without regard to partisan politics.


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